Manufacturers of elite perfumes L'Oréal, Estée Lauder, Givaudan use children's work - media

Jasmine used for the manufacture of Lancóme L'Intense and Ikat Jasmine and Limone Di Sicilia from Aerin Beauty are sent from Egypt. There, plant collectors receive very low salaries, and this makes them involved in their children. During the investigation, the Air Force found that the audit systems used by the perfume industry use deep drawbacks to check supply chains. "On paper they [industry] promise so many good things as transparency of the supply chain and fight against children's work.

However, these footage shows that they really do not make what they promised," the UN Special Rapporteur on Modern Affairs said Forms of slavery Tomoya. Egyptian Heba, who lives in the heart of Jasmine region of Egypt, in a village near Garbia, wakes his family at 03:00. At this time, flowers begin to collect until the sun has risen and damaged them. The woman said she involves her four children aged 5 to 15 years. The more they collect flowers together, the more money they will receive.

During working hours, they managed to collect 1. 5 kg of jasmine flowers. A third of her earnings, the woman gave the landowner and she has about $ 1. 5 for night work. Jasmine collectors often live below the poverty. It is difficult to say exactly how many 30,000 people involved in the Jasmine industry of Egypt, children.

But in the summer of 2023, the Air Force took a shoot in the region and talked with many residents who said that because of the low price for Jasmine, they had to get involved in their children. The laws of Egypt prohibit persons under 15 years of age from 19:00 to 07:00. In their advertising materials, perfume companies and perfume houses provide a picture of an ethical supply chain. But sources say that the supervision of perfume companies is absent in their circuits.

Under the anonymity, the sources say that companies are delegating to this issue with perfume homes, attracting auditors to carry out inspections. The auditors generally report the inspection of the factories, but do not check the small farms where it purchases jasmine. The Givaudan perfume House, which produces Lancóme Idôle L'Intense perfume, said he was concerned about journalists' investigation and should take steps to completely eliminate the risk of children's work.

Firmenich perfume House, which produces Ikat Jasmine and Limone di Sicilia for Aerin Beauty, said they have changed the supplier in Egypt and support initiatives aimed at collective solution to the problem with the involvement of children. Meanwhile, the Jasmine Gabe collector from Garbia was shocked when journalists voiced her how much perfumes in the international market. "People are worthless here.

I'm not mind that people use perfumes, but I want people who use these perfumes to see children's pain in them. And they said about it," she said. Meanwhile, human rights activist Sarah Dadush notes that the responsibility for children's work is not on consumers. "We do not have to solve this problem. We need a law. We need corporate responsibility, and it cannot only relate to consumers," she says. Recall that the Japanese McDonald's released a perfume with the aroma of french fries.